1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
1 Yakuba mo di i goono ga du ŋwaari Misira. Yakuba ne nga izey se: «Ifo se no araŋ ga care guna?»
2He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”
2 A ne: «A go, ay maa kaŋ ŋwaari go Misira. Kal araŋ ma do noodin ka day iri se, zama iri ma du ka funa, iri ma si bu.»
3Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
3 Kala Yusufu beerey koy, ngey boro way, zama ngey ma ŋwaari day Misira.
4But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”
4 Amma Yakuba mana Yusufu kayno Benyamin donton a ma koy nga beerey banda, zama baabo goono ga ne: «A ma si te hambara hasaraw fo ga du a.»
5The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
5 Israyla* izey binde koy borey kaŋ yaŋ ga koy din banda, zama ngey ma ŋwaari day, zama haray go Kanaana laabo ra.
6Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
6 Yusufu mo, nga ga ti laabo hinkoyo. Nga mo no koyne ga neera laabo borey kulu se. Yusufu beerey mo kaa. I sombu a se, i moydumey go hala ganda.
7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”
7 Yusufu binde di nga beerey, a n'i bay mo, amma a na nga boŋ te i se danga yaw cine. A salaŋ i se da futay ka ne i se: «Man gaa no araŋ fun?» I ne a se: «Kanaana laabo ra no iri fun, iri kaa ka ŋwaari day no.»
8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
8 Yusufu na nga beerey bay, amma ngey wo man'a bay.
9Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
9 Yusufu mo fongu nda hindirey kaŋ nga te i boŋ. A ne i se: «Araŋ wo bar-barkoyaŋ no. Araŋ kaa neewo no zama araŋ ma guna ka di naŋ kaŋ laabo sinda kosaray.»
10They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
10 I ne a se: «Abada, iri koyo, amma ŋwaari daymi sabbay se no iri, ni bannyey kaa.
11We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
11 Iri kulu baaba folloŋ izeyaŋ no. Iri ya yaddanteyaŋ no. Iri, ni bannyey manti ma-cararayaŋ.»
12He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
12 A ne i se: «Abada. Araŋ wo kaa day no zama araŋ ma di naŋ kaŋ laabo sinda kosaray.»
13They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”
13 I ne: «Iri, ni bannyey wo, iri boro way cindi hinka no, care nya-izeyaŋ, boro folloŋ izeyaŋ mo no Kanaana laabo ra. A go, koda go iri baabo do hunkuna, afo mo si no.»
14Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
14 Yusufu ne i se: «Wo kaŋ ay ci araŋ gaa nooya, araŋ wo ma-cararayaŋ no.
15By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
15 To, ya-cine gaa no ay g'araŋ gosi: ay ze da Firawna fundo! Araŋ si fatta ne kala nda araŋ koda kaa jina.
16Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”
16 Araŋ ma araŋ ra afo donton, a ma kande araŋ kayno, araŋ mo ga goro ne hawante, zama i ma araŋ sanno gosi ka di hala cimi go araŋ do. Da manti yaadin no mo, ay ze da Firawna fundo! haciika, araŋ ya ma-cararayaŋ no.»
17He put them all together into custody for three days.
17 Kal a n'i kulu margu ka daŋ i m'i gaay jirbi hinza.
18Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
18 Zaari hinzanta hane mo Yusufu ne i se: «Woone no araŋ ga te, araŋ ma du ka funa, zama ay ga humburu Irikoy.
19If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
19 Da araŋ wo naanaykoyyaŋ no, ay ga gaay araŋ nya-izey wo ra afo, windo kaŋ ra i n'araŋ gaay din, amma araŋ wo ma koy. Araŋ ma sambu ŋwaari ka konda araŋ windey haraykooney se.
20Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
20 Araŋ ma kande araŋ koda ay do. Yaadin gaa no araŋ sanney ga tabbat, araŋ ma si bu mo.» I binde te yaadin.
21They said one to another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
21 I ne ngey da care se: «Daahir, iri ya taalikoyyaŋ no iri kayno do haray, za kaŋ iri di a fundo taabo, saaya kaŋ a na iri ŋwaaray gomni, amma iri wangu ka maa. Woodin se no taabi woone du iri.»
22Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”
22 Ruben tu i se ka ne: «Manti ay ci araŋ se, kaŋ ay ne: ‹Araŋ ma si taali te arwaso din se?› Amma araŋ wangu ka maa. Woodin sabbay se a go, a kuro alhakko no i goono ga hã.»
23They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
23 I mana bay hala Yusufu goono ga maa, zama boro fo go no kaŋ ga sanney barmay i game ra.
24He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
24 Yusufu binde na banda bare i gaa ka soobay ka hẽ gumo. A ye i do ka salaŋ i se. A na Simeyon di i ra k'a haw i jine.
25Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
25 Waato din gaa Yusufu ne i ma hawgarey toonandi i se da masangu. I ma boro kulu nooro ye a se a hawgara ra, i m'i no hindoonayyaŋ mo fonda sabbay se. Yaadin mo no i te i se.
26They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
26 I na ngey ŋwaaro sambu ka dake ngey farkayey boŋ ka dira.
27As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
27 Amma saaya kaŋ i ra afo na nga hawgara fiti zama a ma nga farka no kaamayaŋ hari i zumbuyaŋo do, kal a di nga nooro go hawgara me gaa.
28He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
28 A ne nga nya-izey se: «I n'ay nooro ye, nga neeya ay hawgara ra.» I biney pati. I bare ka care guna nda jijiriyaŋ ka ne: «Ifo no woone kaŋ Irikoy te iri se?»
29They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
29 I kaa ngey baabo Yakuba do Kanaana laabo ra ka dede a se hay kulu kaŋ du ngey. I ne:
30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
30 «Bora din kaŋ ga ti laabo koyo salaŋ iri se da futay, a go ho hala iri wo laabu ma-cararayaŋ no.
31We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
31 Iri mo ne a se kaŋ iri wo naanaykoyyaŋ no, manti ma-cararayaŋ no.
32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’
32 Iri boro way cindi hinka no, care nya-izeyaŋ, baaba folloŋ izeyaŋ. Iri boro fo si no, koda mo go iri baabo do hunkuna Kanaana laabo ra.
33The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
33 Kala bora kaŋ ga ti laabo koyo ne iri se: ‹Mate kaŋ gaa ay ga bay hal araŋ ya cimi boroyaŋ no neeya: araŋ ma araŋ nya-izey ra afo naŋ ne ay do. Araŋ ma sambu ŋwaari araŋ windey haraykooney se k'araŋ diraw te.
34Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”
34 Araŋ ma kande araŋ koda ay do. Gaa no ay ga bay kaŋ araŋ manti ma-cararayaŋ, amma araŋ ya cimi boroyaŋ no. Ay g'araŋ nya-izo no araŋ se, araŋ ma day da neerayaŋ te laabo ra mo.› »
35It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
35 A te ka ciya mo, waato kaŋ i go ngey hawgarey feeriyaŋo gaa, kal i boro kulu nooru kunsumo go hawgara ra. Waato kaŋ ngey da ngey baabo di ngey noorey, kal i humburu.
36Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”
36 Kala baabo Yakuba ne i se: «Araŋ n'ay mursandi nd'ay izey. Yusufu si no, Simeyon si no, araŋ ga ba ka Benyamin mo sambu. Harey wo kulu ga gaaba nda ay fundo.»
37Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”
37 Ruben binde salaŋ nga baabo se ka ne: «M'ay ize hinka wi, da day ay mana ye ka kand'a ni do. M'a daŋ ay kambe ra, ay ga ye ka kand'a mo ni do.»
38He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .”
38 Yakuba ne: «Ay izo si koy araŋ banda, zama a nya izo bu, nga hinne no ka cindi. Da hasaraw fo du a dirawo kaŋ araŋ ga koy ra, yaadin gaa araŋ g'ay hamni kwaara candi nda bine saray nooya ka koy Alaahara.»